Annie Kaszina

What happened after your emotionally abusive partner first shattered your trust?  It bears careful examination. 
The first fissure in your emotionally abusive relationship was like a nuclear explosion in your emotional world.  You felt as if your world had been blown apart. That explosion left you feeling devastated, and very, very frightened. 
Chances are, it also left you feeling […]

Okay, I’ll admit it, I’ve become hooked on the Olympic Games. That’s something I’d never have imagined.  But… the day when Great Britain wins 6 gold medals in one day, is a rare day, indeed.  And it set me musing…
I was always hopeless at sport.  My parents cheerfully pinned the ‘Hopeless at Sport’ label on […]

When did your relationship become overtly emotionally abusive, and damaging?
Where did it all start to go wrong?
“Wrong”, so to speak.  You’d got past the first hurdle.  You’d overlooked the ringing of the warning bells, and the waving of the red flags inside your own head, when first you met him.  You’d believed him when he […]

Verbal communication is great, isn’t it?  Words may, or may not, mean just what they say.  They can be a tool for clarity and communication…  Or not.  Like the splendid: “We need to talk”, used religiously in soap operas – by women – to herald searingly honest communication…  Except that it’s not about talking, it’s […]